A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464? The Project Mercury ...

A "deeply personal" set of images filmed by NASA astronauts which includes the first ever selfie taken in space has been ...

After six manned Mercury missions came Project Gemini. Buoyed by the success of Mercury, NASA attempted more ambitious tasks in space. "Project Gemini was the training ground for the Moon missions of ...

The film "Astronauts: United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the ...

However, during these early years of spaceflight, NASA engineers and astronauts cut their teeth on a variety of spaceflight ...

On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA. A year earlier, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, giving them an advantage in the ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space.

NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury. The projects, valued at approximately $38 million, also ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 ...

NASA’s MESSENGER – set to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury – launched today at 2:15:56 a.m. EDT aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The ...

NASA has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race ...